Identification of a pathway by which glucose regulates β-catenin signalling via the cAMP/protein kinase A pathway in β-cell models

2013 ◽  
Vol 449 (3) ◽  
pp. 803-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Cognard ◽  
Coralie G. Dargaville ◽  
Deborah L. Hay ◽  
Peter R. Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Cell Function ◽  
Regulation Of Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Models ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Β Cell ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Kinase A

Pancreatic β-cells are highly responsive to changes in glucose, but the mechanisms involved are only partially understood. There is increasing evidence that the β-catenin signalling pathway plays an important role in regulating β-cell function, but the mechanisms regulating β-catenin signalling in these cells is not well understood. In the present study we show that β-catenin levels and downstream signalling are regulated by changes in glucose levels in INS-1E and β-TC6-F7 β-cell models. We found a glucose-dependent increase in levels of β-catenin in the cytoplasm and nucleus of INS-1E cells. Expression of cyclin D1 also increased with glucose and required the presence of β-catenin. This was associated with an increase in phosphorylation of β-catenin on Ser552, which is known to stabilize the molecule and increase its transcriptional activity. In a search for possible signalling intermediates we found forskolin and cell-permeable cAMP analogues recapitulated the glucose effects, suggesting a role for cAMP and PKA (cAMP-dependent protein kinase/protein kinase A) downstream of glucose. Furthermore, glucose caused sustained increases in cAMP. Two different inhibitors of adenylate cyclase and PKA signalling blocked the effects of glucose, whereas siRNA (small interfering RNA) knockdown of PKA blocked the effects of glucose on β-catenin signalling. Finally, reducing β-catenin levels with either siRNA or pyrvinium impaired glucose- and KCl-stimulated insulin secretion. Taken together the results of the present study define a pathway by which changes in glucose levels can regulate β-catenin using a mechanism which involves cAMP production and the activation of PKA. This identifies a pathway that may be important in glucose-dependent regulation of gene expression and insulin secretion in β-cells.

scholarly journals Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Stimulates Insulin Secretion via Inhibiting RhoA/ROCK Signaling and Disassembling Glucotoxicity-Induced Stress Fibers

Endocrinology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (12) ◽  
pp. 4676-4685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangchen Kong ◽  
Dan Yan ◽  
Jiangming Sun ◽  
Xuerui Wu ◽  
Hindrik Mulder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Stress Fibers ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Assessment Index ◽  
Actin Depolymerization ◽  
Glucagon Like Peptide 1 ◽  
Kinase A

Chronic hyperglycemia leads to pancreatic β-cell dysfunction characterized by diminished glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS), but the precise cellular processes involved are largely unknown. Here we show that pancreatic β-cells chronically exposed to a high glucose level displayed substantially increased amounts of stress fibers compared with β-cells cultured at a low glucose level. β-Cells at high glucose were refractory to glucose-induced actin cytoskeleton remodeling and insulin secretion. Importantly, F-actin depolymerization by either cytochalasin B or latrunculin B restored glucotoxicity-diminished GSIS. The effects of glucotoxicity on increasing stress fibers and reducing GSIS were reversed by Y-27632, a Rho-associated kinase (ROCK)-specific inhibitor, which caused actin depolymerization and enhanced GSIS. Notably, glucagon-like peptide-1-(7–36) amide (GLP-1), a peptide hormone that stimulates GSIS at both normal and hyperglycemic conditions, also reversed glucotoxicity-induced increase of stress fibers and reduction of GSIS. In addition, GLP-1 inhibited glucotoxicity-induced activation of RhoA/ROCK and thereby resulted in actin depolymerization and potentiation of GSIS. Furthermore, this effect of GLP-1 was mimicked by cAMP-increasing agents forskolin and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine as well as the protein kinase A agonist 6-Bnz-cAMP-AM whereas it was abolished by the protein kinase A inhibitor Rp-Adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphorothioate triethylammonium salt. To establish a clinical relevance of our findings, we examined the association of genetic variants of RhoA/ROCK with metabolic traits in homeostasis model assessment index of insulin resistance. Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms in and around RHOA were associated with elevated fasting insulin and homeostasis model assessment index of insulin resistance, suggesting a possible role in metabolic dysregulation. Collectively these findings unravel a novel mechanism whereby GLP-1 potentiates glucotoxicity-diminished GSIS by depolymerizing F-actin cytoskeleton via protein kinase A-mediated inhibition of the RhoA-ROCK signaling pathway.

scholarly journals A role for PAK1 mediated phosphorylation of β-catenin Ser552 in the regulation of insulin secretion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brie Sorrenson ◽  
Waruni C Dissanayake ◽  
Fengyun Hu ◽  
Kate L Lee ◽  
Peter R Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Hormonal Regulation ◽  
Cell Signalling ◽  
Cell Models ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Β Cell ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Phosphorylation Event ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Glucose Stimulated Insulin Secretion

The presence of adherens junctions and the associated protein β-catenin are requirements for the development of glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in β-cells. Evidence indicates that modulation of β-catenin function in response to changes in glucose levels can modulate the levels of insulin secretion from β-cells but the role of β-catenin phosphorylation in this process has not been established. We find that a Ser552Ala version of β-catenin attenuates glucose stimulated insulin secretion indicating a functional role for Ser552 phosphorylation of β-catenin in insulin secretion. This is associated with alterations F/G actin ratio  but not  transcriptional activity of β-catenin.   Both glucose and GLP-1 stimulated phosphorylation of the serine 552 residue on β-catenin.  We investigated the possibility that an EPAC-PAK1 pathway might be involved in this phosphorylation event.  We find that reduction in PAK1 levels using siRNA attenuates both glucose and GLP-1 stimulated phosphorylation of β-catenin Ser552 and the effects of these on insulin secretion in β-cell models. Further, both the EPAC inhibitor ESI-09 and the PAK1 inhibitor IPA3 do the same in both β-cell models and mouse islets. Together this identifies phosphorylation of β-catenin at Ser552 as part of a cell signalling mechanism linking nutrient and hormonal regulation of β-catenin to modulation of  insulin secretory capacity of β-cells and indicates this phosphorylation event is regulated downstream of EPAC and PAK1 in β-cells.

scholarly journals Glucotoxicity Inhibits Late Steps of Insulin Exocytosis

Endocrinology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. 1605-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathilde Dubois ◽  
Pierre Vacher ◽  
Benoı̂t Roger ◽  
Deborah Huyghe ◽  
Brigitte Vandewalle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
High Glucose ◽  
Calcium Handling ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Calcium Stimulation ◽  
Sensitive Factor ◽  
Kinase A

Prolonged exposure of β-cells to high glucose (glucotoxicity) diminishes insulin secretion in response to glucose and has been linked to altered generation of metabolism-secretion coupling factors. We have investigated whether glucotoxicity may also alter calcium handling and late steps in secretion such as exocytosis. Clonal INS-1E β-cells cultured at high glucose (20 or 30 mmvs. 5.5 mm) for 72 h exhibited elevated basal intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i), which was KATP-channel dependent and due to long-term activation of protein kinase A. An increased amplitude and shortened duration of depolarization-evoked rises in [Ca2+]i were apparent. These changes were probably linked to the observed increased filling of intracellular stores and to short-term activation of protein kinase A. Insulin secretion was reduced not only by acute stimulation with either glucose or KCl but more importantly by direct calcium stimulation of permeabilized cells. These findings indicate a defect in the final steps of exocytosis. To confirm this, we measured expression levels of some 30 proteins implicated in trafficking/exocytosis of post-Golgi vesicles. Several proteins required for calcium-induced exocytosis of secretory granules were down-regulated, such as the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-sensitive factor attachment receptor (SNARE) proteins VAMP-2 [vesicle (v)-SNARE, vesicle-associated membrane protein 2] and syntaxin 1 as well as complexin. VAMP-2 was also reduced in human islets. In contrast, cell immunostaining and expression levels of several fluorescent proteins suggested that other post-trans-Golgi trafficking steps and compartments are preserved and that cells were not degranulated. Thus, these studies indicate that, in addition to known metabolic changes, glucotoxicity impedes generation of signals for secretion and diminishes the efficiency of late steps in exocytosis.

scholarly journals Reduction in Voltage-Gated K+ Currents in Primary Cultured Rat Pancreatic β-Cells by Linoleic Acids

Endocrinology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 674-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Dan Feng ◽  
Ziqiang Luo ◽  
Sang-gun Roh ◽  
Maria Hernandez ◽  
Neveen Tawadros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Β Cells ◽  
Voltage Gated ◽  
K Current ◽  
K Currents ◽  
Kinase A

Free fatty acids (FFAs), in addition to glucose, have been shown to stimulate insulin release through the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)40 receptor in pancreatic β-cells. Intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in β-cells is elevated by FFAs, although the mechanism underlying the [Ca2+]i increase is still unknown. In this study, we investigated the action of linoleic acid on voltage-gated K+ currents. Nystatin-perforated recordings were performed on identified rat β-cells. In the presence of nifedipine, tetrodotoxin, and tolbutamide, voltage-gated K+ currents were observed. The transient current represents less than 5%, whereas the delayed rectifier current comprises more than 95%, of the total K+ currents. A long-chain unsaturated FFA, linoleic acid (10 μm), reversibly decreased the amplitude of K+ currents (to less than 10%). This reduction was abolished by the cAMP/protein kinase A system inhibitors H89 (1 μm) and Rp-cAMP (10 μm) but was not affected by protein kinase C inhibitor. In addition, forskolin and 8′-bromo-cAMP induced a similar reduction in the K+ current as that evoked by linoleic acid. Insulin secretion and cAMP accumulation in β-cells were also increased by linoleic acid. Methyl linoleate, which has a similar structure to linoleic acid but no binding affinity to GPR40, did not change K+ currents. Treatment of cultured cells with GPR40-specific small interfering RNA significantly reduced the decrease in K+ current induced by linoleic acid, whereas the cAMP-induced reduction of K+ current was not affected. We conclude that linoleic acid reduces the voltage-gated K+ current in rat β-cells through GPR40 and the cAMP-protein kinase A system, leading to an increase in [Ca2+]i and insulin secretion.

GLP-1 Analog Liraglutide Enhances Proinsulin Processing in Pancreatic β-Cells via a PKA-Dependent Pathway

Endocrinology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (10) ◽  
pp. 3817-3828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Wang ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Jin Yang ◽  
Hejun Zhao ◽  
Jing Ke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Pancreatic Β Cell ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Β Cell ◽  
Pancreatic Β Cells ◽  
Proinsulin Processing ◽  
Kinase A

Abstract Hyperproinsulinemia has gained increasing attention in the development of type 2 diabetes. Clinical studies have demonstrated that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)-based therapies significantly decrease plasma proinsulin/insulin ratio in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Prohormone convertase (PC)-1/3 and PC2 are primarily responsible for processing proinsulin to insulin in pancreatic β-cells. We have recently reported that Pax6 mutation down-regulated PC1/3 and PC2 expression, resulting in defective proinsulin processing in Pax6 heterozygous mutant (Pax6m/+) mice. In this study, we investigated whether and how liraglutide, a novel GLP-1 analog, modulated proinsulin processing. Our results showed that liraglutide significantly up-regulated PC1/3 expression and decreased the proinsulin to insulin ratio in both Pax6m/+ and db/db diabetic mice. In the cultured mouse pancreatic β-cell line, Min6, liraglutide stimulated PC1/3 and PC2 expression and lowered the proinsulin to insulin ratio in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Moreover, the beneficial effects of liraglutide on PC1/3 and PC2 expression and proinsulin processing were dependent on the GLP-1 receptor-mediated cAMP/protein kinase A signaling pathway. The same mechanism was recapitulated in isolated mouse islets. In conclusion, liraglutide enhanced PC1/3- and PC2-dependent proinsulin processing in pancreatic β-cells through the activation of the GLP-1 receptor/cAMP/protein kinase A signaling pathway. Our study provides a new mechanism for improvement of pancreatic β-cell function by the GLP-1-based therapy.

scholarly journals Durable islet effects on insulin secretion and protein kinase A expression following exendin-4 treatment of high-fat diet-fed mice

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Sörhede Winzell ◽  
Bo Ahrén
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
High Fat Diet ◽  
Caspase 3 ◽  
Receptor Activation ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Β Cell ◽  
Once Daily ◽  
Kinase A

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) augments glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) through cAMP-induced activation of protein kinase A (PKA), and stimulates β-cell proliferation and reduces β-cell apoptosis in rodent islets. This study explored islet GSIS, PKA expression, and markers of apoptosis (caspase 3/7 activity) and proliferation (PKBα and pancreatic and duodenal homeobox gene 1, Pdx-1) after 2 weeks of treatment with the GLP-1 receptor agonist exendin-4 (2 nmol/kg once daily) in female mice with high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance (HFD; 58% fat by energy). Islets were isolated 20 h after the last exendin-4 injection, when effects of circulating exendin-4 had vanished. The glucose responsiveness in islets from HFD-fed mice at 8.3 mM glucose was reduced compared with islets from control mice fed a normal diet due to increased basal insulin secretion. However, GSIS increased in islets from HFD-fed exendin-4-treated animals (0.124±0.012 ng/h per islet in HFD-Ex-4 versus 0.062±0.010 in HFD, P=0.006). Furthermore, the insulin response to forskolin was increased (2.7±0.3 in HFD-Ex-4 versus 2.0±0.2 ng/h per islet in HFD, P=0.011) and PKAcat expression was increased, while PKAreg was reduced in islets from exendin-4-treated mice. In contrast, protein expression of PKBα, Pdx-1, and caspase 3/7 activity was not affected by exendin-4 treatment. We conclude that GLP-1 receptor activation in HFD-fed mice has durable effects on GSIS, in association with augmented signaling through the PKA pathway. These effects are seen beyond those induced by circulating exendin-4 already after 2 weeks of once-daily treatment in mice, whereas markers for islet proliferation and apoptosis were unaffected by this treatment.

The PP1-R6 protein phosphatase holoenzyme is involved in the glucose-induced dephosphorylation and inactivation of AMP-activated protein kinase, a key regulator of insulin secretion, in MIN6 β cells

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 5080-5091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Garcia-Haro ◽  
Maria Adelaida Garcia-Gimeno ◽  
Dietbert Neumann ◽  
Monique Beullens ◽  
Mathieu Bollen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Amp Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Kinase A

Abstract 34: Apolipoprotein A-I Increases Insulin Secretion from β-cells via a Protein Kinase A Dependent Mechanism

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake J Cochran ◽  
Kerry-Anne Rye
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Adenyl Cyclase ◽  
Β Cells ◽  
Pancreatic Β Cells ◽  
Kinase A ◽  
Dependent Mechanism

Introduction: The progression to hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes is marked by β-cell insulin secretory dysfunction and cell loss. We have previously demonstrated that apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, the major protein constituent of high density lipoproteins (HDL) increases insulin expression and secretion from β-cells. Clinical data also suggests that pharmacological elevation of HDL levels is associated with improved glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. With the current interest in HDL raising therapeutics, defining the mechanism by which apoA-I acts on insulin secretion is of importance. Objective: To elucidate the cell signalling events responsible for increasing insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells treated with lipid-free apoA-I. Methods: Ins-1E (rat insulinoma) cells were pre-treated for 30 min with the Protein kinase A (PKA) specific inhibitor H89 (20 μM), soluble and transmembrane adenyl cyclase specific inhibitors (KH7, 30 μM and 2’5’ dideoxyadenosine, 50 μM, respectively) or vehicle control, then incubated for 1 h with lipid-free apoA-I (final concentration 1 mg/mL) under both basal (2.8 mM) and high (25 mM) glucose conditions. The insulin concentration in the culture supernatants was determined by radioimmunoassay and the cells were either lysed for protein analysis by western blotting or treated with 0.1 M HCl for determining cAMP by enzyme immunoassay. Results: Incubation of Ins-1E cells with apoA-I increased insulin secretion up to 3-fold. This increase was no longer apparent when the cells were pre-treated with H89. Incubation with apoA-I increased cAMP accumulation in Ins-1E cells 2.5-fold. This increase was totally inhibited when the cells were pre-incubated with 2’5’ dideoxyadenosine but not by KH7, indicating that transmembrane adenyl cyclase(s) are responsible for this response. ApoA-I also activated the small GTPase Cdc42, which may link cell surface apoA-I receptors with transmembrane adenyl cyclases. Conclusion: ApoA-I increases insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells via a PKA-dependent mechanism involving transmembrane, but not soluble, adenyl cyclases and possibly Cdc42. This provides a possible explanation of the clinical observations that increased HDL may be beneficial in type 2 diabetes.

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